Motor-vehicle.



P. G. ALLENDORF.-

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLlcATIoN FILEDSEPLM. 1915.

Patented -J an. 9, 1917.

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` P. G. ALLENDORF.

molToR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, l9l5.

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Moron-venters.

To all whom t may concern:

Be iii-known that 1 PETER Gr. AJLENDORF, a citizen of the United States, residing in Vestwood, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in -Motor-Vehicles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specication, like characters on the drawings representing like parts. A

This invention relates to an automobile and more particularly to the body portion of thesame, and has for its object to provide a ynovel construction of body, which enables a commercial automobile orlike motor vehicle to be converted into a pleasure car having a body whichis closed in whole or in part and whichlis stylish and attra'ctive'in appearance. Tothis end, the body portion of the automobile is provided with side pieces or panels of substantial height and with a tail board or rear end panel of substantially the same height, one of the said side panels having a door at its front end.

Extended above the side panels are up,-v rights which .are spaced apart and support a top, which is curved or inclined'in opposite directions as will' be described, and the said uprights support a framework provided with means'forsecuring in position the upper ends of windows or curtains according to the desires of the owner of the vehicle.l

4The windows are` removable andprovided with means for engaging the side panels of the body portionso as to be `supported thereby.

These and otherfeatures of;this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification. Figure 1 is a side view of an automobile embodying this invention, showingthe same as provided with a closed body' ready f or use as a pleasure vehicle. Fig. 2, a side elevationof the automobile, with an open body` and in condition for commercial use. Fig. 3, a rear elevation of Fig. 1, Fig. 4, a trans-W verse section on the line 414-4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5,

a horizontal section on the line 5-;5, Fig. -1

and Figs. 6 and 7,v details in section to be referred to.4

Referring to the drawing, c represents an automobile of any usual or suitable construction except astio i'ts body portion b, which in accordance with this invention is provided Specification of Letters Patent. Application led September 24,1915. Serial N o. 52,504.

'sides and tail `boar may be T-irons and the v substantially mediate -at its Asides and rear end .above -thevwith side pieces or panels c, d, and a rear end p anel or tail baarde, which are of' substan-v tial height and materiallyrhigher than the delivery wagon.l

The side panels c, d, are made continuous or unbroken from Ythe rear end ofthe vehicle tol the dasher 1 thereof, and one of the side panels as c is provided ,with a door 12, which is hinged at 13 so as to afford an openlng into the vehicle..v The tail board e is pivoted at its lower end, so as to be capable of being lowered, after the manner represented in Fig. 2,- and said tail board is provided vwithfsuitable fastening devices 14 -for `securing it in its closed or upright position.

"and marked 15, 16, 17. lThese posts may bel of wood or of metal, and the posts 15, 16, rear corner posts17 referably will be curved on their may and aces and provided with longitudig outer sur Patenteaaan. 9, 1917.-

of the ordinary autonally extended rabbets or recesses 18, 19, on

surfaces (see-Fig. '7), which are at right angles to each other for a purpose as will be described.

The uprights 15, 16 and' 17 support a rooc` or top 2 0, of any suitable material and preferably of thin sheet metal, and the inter.-

their inner than theposts -15., 17, so as to provide-the roof or top 20 with oppositel'y inclined 'and preferably curved sections'21, 22, of unequal length, the longer section 21 extending be yond the frontside beyond the dasher 10, while the shorter section-22 extends beyond the rear cornerposts 17. By'this construction, and arrangement,

the vehicle is. provided with atop Vwhich has',

posts 15V and preferably-y posts 16, are made slightly longerthe lines yof the more expensive limousine bodies, and effectively shedsthe water. The vehicle as thus far described is resented as .loaded with boxes 2,5 or' other;

merchandise..

The vehicle ingthe'condit'ion represented` lin Fig. 2, can be used-as adelivel'y vtaliiclej; on weekdays, and on Sundays, holidays or vehicle is provided with two ends by buttons or clasps underside of the 'top 20 substantially inthe planes of the side and end panels,` of th body' portion, and provide the members offt'ne said frame with a longitudinally extended rabbet 33 shown best in Figs. 4 and 6, for the reception of the upper cross bar 34 of the sash of a glass window 35, the lower cross bar of said window sash being constructed so as to straddle the upper edge of the side panels c, d, and of the rear panele.

In the present instance, each sidel of the spaces 36, 37, between the posts 15, 16, 17, and these spaces are closed by the removable glass windows 350, as represented in Fig. 1, and the space at the rear of thefvehicle above the tail board e is closed by a window 35. These windows may be irmly secured in any suitable manner, and in the present instance I have shown them as secured at their upper 40, which are pivoted to the supporting frame and are capable of being turned from a substantially horizontal positioninto a substantially vertical position,`as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. TheA side windows 35 are designed to have the vertical bars of their sashes bear against the posts or uprights 15, 16, 17, and to have their inner surfaces substantially iiush with Athe inner surfaces of the side and corner posts,

and the rear end window has the side bars of its frame. fitted into the rabbets 19 in the corner posts 17. If desired, the side uprights ,orposts 15, 16, may have secured to them suitable buttons 45 or other fastening devices for engaging the side bars of the window frames. It will thus be ob, served, that when the side and rear windows are secured in position as represented in Figs. l, 3 and or car shown in Fig. 2, is converted into an attractive motor vehicle or automobile, approximating in appearance one provided with a limousine body as represented in Fig. 1.

Provision is made for providing the closed rear portion of the body with seats, and 1n the present instance 1 have shown the c losed portion of the body as provided wlthsa cross seat 145 (see Fig. 5) at the rear end, and with side seats 46 suitably spaced from said rear seat.

To sustain the seats 145, 46 and yet permit their being readily removed, when it is def Sired to use the 'vehicle as a delivery wagon 5, the delivery motor wagon or car, the sidalpanels c, d, have fastened to them on thei'rinner sides, angle irons 50, 51, which are extended longitudinally of the body and are provided in their horizontal member with suitable holes for the reception of lugs or pins 52 attached to the seats 145, 46. rlhe rear seat 145 may be supported by both angle bars 50, 51, and the seats'46 by said angle 4bars and legs or posts 53 attached to the seats. lThe, portion of the body in fifontoii the 'upright 15 is provided with an individual seat 54 for the driver, and if desired with an .additional seat 55, which is separated from the drivers 'seatby' a space 56, which aiiord'sa passageway into therear portion of the ve icle when the latter is used as a pleasure vehicle. If the owner of the car should not caretd have the glass windows on account of thein'h fastening devices 61, by

means of which curtains may The side panels c, d are made materially higher than the side panels of an ordinary delivery wagon, such as now commonly used which increase in height has the effect of increasing the carrying capacity of the vehicle when used as a delivery wagon, as shown in Fig. 2, inasmuch as the merchandise can be piled up to a greater height without danger of being thrown out in transit, and which also has the effect of shortening up the distance between the upper edges of the side panels and the tail board and the top 2O of the vehicle, thereby avoiding the use of abnormally large windows, which would be too bulky to handle easily, and enabling window frames to be used which approximate closely the size and appearance o the windows of a limousine or other closed body of pleasure vehicles.

The rear ends of the side panels c, d, the rear corner posts 17 and the panel e may and preferably will be curved as represented in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to impart to the rear portion of the delivery vehicle the appearance of the expensive closed pleasure vehicles. The chassis 65 and other parts of the motor vehicle are and may be of' any suitable construction.

By providing the lower 'cross bar of the window sash with a groove in its bottom, as represented in Figs. 1 and 4, the window is 'mt only easily applied to the panel upon which it rests, as the inner wall of the groove adjusting the upper part of the window, but the outer wall of the groove forms a water CZ, and the rear panel Yebe attached to the outside of the car body.

' bears against the inner side of the panel and .v vleaves both hands of the operator free for shed. on theioutside of the panel and scribed, 4in combination,

with their length and extended from the rear of separated to'leave spaces, 2'0

the chassis to near the said side panels having end a door at its front height as said side panels and hinged at its lower edge to be lowered, stationary'side uprights extended .above said side'panels and a top supported by said uprights, a window-supporting frame located under said top substantially in line ywith said side and rear panels and provided i on lts 1nner 'side with recesses, removable windows tofll the spaces "between said side uprights and the -space above said rear panel,

said'windows being supported\at their bottoms by said side panels and rear panel and having their upper ends fitted into said recesses, and means for securing said windows 1n thelr closed posltlon 1n fixed relation to said body portlon.

i l 2..-In a motor vehicle of the character described, in combination, the motor of the vehicle,

a chassis to support ported. bythe chassis behind the motor and provided with a dasherand with side panels extended from the dasherto the rear end of the chassis and one of which is provided with-an'opening adjacent to said dasher, and a movable rear panel, stationary uprights extended above said side panels, a top sup- ,ported by vsaid uprights, and a window-supporting frame located beneathv said top su stantially in line with said side panels and said. rear panel and proyided on its inner sidewith recesses extended longitudinally of said frame.' 1

3.v Ina motor vehicle of the character de' scribed, in combination, a body portion provided with side panelsof substantially uniformheight throughout their length, one of the said side panels having. an entrance opening init near its front en d, uprights extended above said panels, a top supported by said stationary uprights, each o f the rear uprights being provided with longitudinally extended rabbets or recessesfsubstantrally at rightangles to each other, anda windowsupporting frame located below said top substantially in line with s ald slde panels and provided with longitudmally extended rabbets or recesses on the inner sides of said fra'me.`

4. In a motor vehicle of the character described, in combination, a chassis provided end of said dasher, one of F for entrance to the drivers compart. ment, a rear panel of substantiallyl the same a body portion sup.

walls of said edge of said panelsl on the outer side thereof with a dasher near its front end, a body portion supported by the dasher, and provided with side saidy chassis at the rear panels of substantial height throughout their length and" separated at their rear ends by an openlng which extends from side panel to s1de panel, a 4rear panel ofsubstantia'lly the same height as the side panelsl and extended from one side panel tothe other side panel and pivoted at its lower end so as to be lowered, said side panels being extended from said dasher`to the rear of the chassis andone of said side panels front end, an opening for entrance into the vehicle, from the side thereof and behind said dasher, stationary uprights extended above said side panels, a top supported by said uprights, and a window-supporting frame located below said top in proximity thereto and substantially in line with said side panels and Iseparated from the upper edge of the side panels by window openings of a size to impart to the body portion the appearance of a limousine tbody.

5. In a -motor vehicle of the character described, in combination, a body portion pro- `vided with side panels of substantial height and with a rear panel of substantially the same height 'and pivoted at its lower end and extended from panel to panel, stationary uprights extended above said side panels, a top supported by said uprights, windows grooved on their underside to lit over and straddle the top edge of said panels and having'the inner walls of said grooves capableof 'engaging the inner side of -said panels lwhen the windows are closed from within the vehicle and having the outer grooves extended below thetop to form water sheds on the outer side of the panels, and below the top edge thereof, and means for securing the upper ends of the -windows in fixed position.

6. In a motor vehicle of the character described, incombination, a chassis provided with a dasher near its portion supported on said chassis at the rear of said dasher and provided with side panels of' substantial height and having curved rear ends, said side panels being extended from said dasher-to the rear of said chassis, and one of which is-provided with a door 'at its front end atthe rear of said dasher, a rear panel ,curved to conform to the curved rear ends of said side panels and pivoted at 4its lower end, side uprlghts extended above. said side panels between their ends and corner uprights extended above the side panels and having their lower portions curved to conform to the curve of the rear ends of the Side panels and to the curve of the rear panel, a top supported by said bottoms by said panels.

having at its front end, a ybody 7 In e, motor vehicle o the charapter desitely inclined sections, a. Window-supportn ser1bed,1n c0mb1nat1on,a body portion promg frame located below said top substan- 4vided With side panels and with a movable tially in line with said side and end panels, 15

rear -end panel of substantially uniform removable windows resting 0n said side and depth for their entire length, side uprights end panels and against said uprights and substantially Tshaped in cross section sesaid window-supporting frame, and means cured in fixed relation to said body portion, for securing the said Windows to said suprear end uprights, each havingy rabbets subporting frame. 20

stantially at right angles to each other, one In testimony whereof, I have signed my Aof the uprights on each side being higher name to this specification.

than the other uprights, a top supported by said uprights and provided with oppo- PETER Gr. ALLENDORF. 

